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KwaXimba Semi-Rural
About KwaXimba Semi-Rural
The KwaXimba community has 5 710 households and is located near the Cato Ridge
area within Ward 1 of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in which one of the
boiling issues is the mismanaged dumpsites (landfills).
The Issue
Because waste management is
one of the eThekwini Municipality’s biggest public service backlogs in the KwaXimba
area, this has resulted in most households burning waste or creating pits as dumping
holes. There is also a rise in illegal dumping in the absence of waste collection by the
municipality as required.
How is YMAD Helping KwaXimba Semi-Rural?
YMAD has been working on and off with the KwaXimba
community since 2018 and as a solution to the illegal dumping within the area, we have
been cleaning up five illegal dumping spots located by tributary rivers that feed into the
uMsunduzi River. These areas are also in close proximity to some recognised wetlands. We are working towards the establishment of recycling hubs at each of these five sites
(marked in red in the picture below).